"I'll continue to assess things and try to do my best to make sure we're competitive whether it's from a salary standpoint, contractual standpoint or what have you," Evans said. "I believe for the most part we've done that. Has the paradigm maybe shifted a little bit? I'm sure it has. As things go on and situations change, you look and assess and make decisions based upon that particular time."

Evans said Monday he is unaware of any timeline that Richt may be considering before deciding on any staff changes after a 7-5 regular season, the worst in Richt's nine years.

Georgia ranks sixth in the 12-team Southeastern Conference in assistant coach salaries at $2.029 million, according to a survey by USA Today. The survey didn't include Vanderbilt, a private institution that did not release its salaries.

Tennessee ($3.325 million), LSU ($2.725 million), and Alabama ($2.702) are the top three, followed by Auburn ($2.560) and Arkansas ($2.034).

Top-ranked Florida is just below Georgia at $1.965 million.

While multi-year contracts have become more common for coordinators, all Georgia assistant coaches are working under one-year contracts.

Former Georgia defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder, who had a three-year contract, was the last Bulldogs assistant to have a multi-year deal.

The coaching staffs at Tennessee have multi-year deals, as do the coordinators at South Carolina, according to newspaper reports. Coordinators at Arkansas have three-year contracts.

"I'll say this - we'll do what's appropriate," Evans said. "I'm not going to sit here and say we'll never do two-year contracts. We've done it before and we may do it again. We'll have to assess the situation and make a determination on what we believe is the best thing to do at that particular time."

Richt has fielded questions from fans and media for much of this season about staff changes he might make. The future of defensive coordinator Willie Martinez has been the most common object of speculation.

Asked about possible coordinator changes on his call-in show Monday night, Richt said, "I'm not going to make any comment about anything like that. I think people think that just because we need to get better or make some kind of change, they think it always involves the changing of people, too, and that's not always nescessarily true. We're going to get things back on track, I can promise you that."

Evans said he leaves staff decisions to Richt.

"His staff, that's Mark's call," Evans said. "I think that's the way that it should be. Any time you're dealing with personnel, that's the philosophy that I've always gone by. The head coaches hire their assistant coaches and, at times, if they believe they need to make changes with their assistant coaches, they do so. I deal with the head coaches."

Evans and Richt meet after each season to talk about the program, but also talk throughout the season.

"This season was one in which we didn't live up to the expectations that the fans have of us or the expectations that we have of ourselves," Evans said. "I know that Mark wants to compete for championships, I want to compete for championships. We've done that before. Mark has led us to championships so we know where we want to be.

"Was this season tough? Yes, but I believe this team fought and fought through some adversity and what they did the other night (a 30-24 win) at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, when no one gave us a chance, I think was a good job by our coaching staff and our players to go out and get a very quality win against our in-state rival and to end on a good note."